‘Melampo’

Pinot Bianco, Garganega & Malvasia di Candia, Lombardy, Italy

A plump, puckering and pleasing Lombardy bubble we would commit a (minor) felony for. Young, passionate winegrower and maker Paolo Pasini, and author/NYC *star* sommelier turned maker Amanda Smeltz have teamed up and are representing LAMBRUSCO in new, sincere and groundbreaking ways. Paolo’s three hectares of familial river valley vineyards in Mantova sit right at the intersection of Veneto and Emilia-Romagna, here he works to honourably represent the Lambrusco family, alongside long-planted, international grapes adapted to the area’s particular microclimate. ‘Melampo’ is a fully destemmed, direct-pressed blend of 5-10 year-old, citric pinot bianco (45%), picked first and fermented alone, while the mineral, delicately herbal garganega (45%) and highly aromatic, tropical malvasia di candia (10%) are picked together and co-fermented. FUN FACT! The grapes are harvested from two estate parcels planted on highly draining alluvial soils – for you soil curious, the soils are limestone and sand predominately, with a very deep base of pure white clay! Yellow angel food cake, skin of a white peach, saltwater pool, unripe apple acidity, crunchy nectarine, mushroom gills, lil white chocolate plushness & rocks. A food craving honey of a wine, pour alongside brook trout with brown butter, caper, dill and lemon pan sauce.